Words the Bible translates as levites

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

leviyyiלֵוִיLevite: a man of the tribe of Levi, the family line Israel set apart for the work of its sanctuary instead of giving it land of its own
leviלֵוִיLevi: a man's name, borne by Jacob's third son by Leah, the ancestor from whom Israel's sanctuary tribe is reckoned
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- Levi: the tribe descended from Jacob's third son, Israel's landless tribe set apart to care for the sanctuary

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